Security alert on Aer Lingus flight

Irish police questioned 239 passengers travelling on an Aer Lingus flight from New York to Shannon airport in southwest Ireland yesterday after a bomb scare sparked a security alert. Officials said the Airbus A-330 aircraft made a normal landing at...

Irish police questioned 239 passengers travelling on an Aer Lingus flight from New York to Shannon airport in southwest Ireland yesterday after a bomb scare sparked a security alert.

Officials said the Airbus A-330 aircraft made a normal landing at Shannon airport at 7.45 a.m. after police received a 999 call about the flight that referred to "some potential explosives".

A spokesman for Irish state airline Aer Lingus said all the passengers on board were taken off and interviewed by police in the terminal building.

"There was a security alert on board one of our flights from New York to Shannon after gardai (Irish police) received a call at around 4 a.m.," the spokesman said.

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